So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
One, two, three, four
Everybody all around the world
Gotta tell you what I just heard
There's gonna be a party all over the world
I got a message on the radio
But where it came from, I don't really know
And I heard these voices calling all over the world
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody, everywhere, is gonna feel tonight
Everybody walking down the street
Everybody moving to the beat
They're gonna get hot down in the U.S.A
New York, Detroit, L.A.
We're gonna take a trip across the sea
Everybody come along with me
We're gonna hit the night down in gay Paris
C'est la vie, having your cup of tea
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody, everywhere, is gonna feel tonight
(All over the world)
London, Hamburg, Paris, Rome
Rio, Hong Kong, Tokyo
L.A., New York, Amsterdam
Monte Carlo, Shard End and
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody, everywhere, is gonna feel tonight
Everybody all around the world
Gotta tell you what I just heard
Everybody walking down the street
I know a place where we all can meet
Everybody gonna have a good time
Everybody will shine 'til the daylight
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody, everywhere, is gonna feel tonight
All over the world
Everybody got the word
All over the world
Everybody got the word
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody all around the world
Gotta tell you what I just heard
There's gonna be a party all over the world
I got a message on the radio
But where it came from, I don't really know
And I heard these voices calling all over the world
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody, everywhere, is gonna feel tonight
Everybody walking down the street
Everybody moving to the beat
They're gonna get hot down in the U.S.A
New York, Detroit, L.A.
We're gonna take a trip across the sea
Everybody come along with me
We're gonna hit the night down in gay Paris
C'est la vie, having your cup of tea
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody, everywhere, is gonna feel tonight
(All over the world)
London, Hamburg, Paris, Rome
Rio, Hong Kong, Tokyo
L.A., New York, Amsterdam
Monte Carlo, Shard End and
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody, everywhere, is gonna feel tonight
Everybody all around the world
Gotta tell you what I just heard
Everybody walking down the street
I know a place where we all can meet
Everybody gonna have a good time
Everybody will shine 'til the daylight
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody, everywhere, is gonna feel tonight
All over the world
Everybody got the word
All over the world
Everybody got the word
All over the world
Everybody got the word
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It is indeed a great song.